Gulu Ezekiel

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Gul-Fraaz (Gulu) Mohan Ezekiel is an Indian sports journalist [1] and a sports memorabilia collector. [2]

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Biography

Ezekiel was born to a Bene Israeli Maharashtrian Jewish father, and a Parsi Zoroastrian mother. [3]

Gulu Ezekiel has worked as a sport journalist with various publications such as the Indian Express in Chennai, the Asian Age and the Financial Express in New Delhi and NDTV. He has contributed to more than fifty publications in India and around the world. He also launched GE Features, a features and syndication company, in August 2001.

Gulu is the author of several sports books including The A To Z Of Sachin Tendulkar (2006), Great One-day Internationals (1999), The Story of World Cup Cricket 1999 and The Story of World Cup Cricket 1996. He is also the co-author of Great Indian Olympians. [4]

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References

  1. Gulu Ezekiel Archived 2010-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "COLLECTION". Guluezekiel.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. @gulu1959 (30 January 2022). "@daniellebett Mum (Parsi Zoroastrian), Dad (Bene Israeli Maharastrian Jew), Bombay, 1955" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 February 2022 via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "BOOKS". Guluezekiel.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.